Can India’s Rahul Gandhi defeat Narendra Modi with ‘unity marches’?
Mumbai, India – Loud chants and songs on justice echoed around Shivaji Park in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, as thousands of people gathered at the iconic venue that had played frequent host to rallies by freedom fighters when the country fought for independence from the British decades ago. This time, the slogans called for a different Read More
Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 165
Twenty Palestinians were killed in the early hours of Tuesday in Rafah, while UN warns Gaza could be hit by famine between mid-March and May. Here’s how things stand on Tuesday, March 19, 2024: Fighting and humanitarian crisis Twenty Palestinians were killed in the early hours of Tuesday in Israeli air strikes on Rafah and Read More
Harsh Mongolian winter leaves 4.7m animals dead; Red Cross issues appeal
UN says Mongolian herders are experiencing extreme ‘dzud’ cold conditions more often, with little time to recover before the next one. Mongolian herders have endured months of extreme cold, known as the “dzud”, that have already claimed the lives of about 4.7 million livestock animals, according to Mongolia’s Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), prompting an emergency Read More
Delhi excise policy case: BRS leader K Kavitha withdraws plea from SC challenging her arrest
BRS leader K Kavitha lawyer submitted before a bench led by Justice Bela M Trivedi that they are withdrawing her petition challenging ED summons.
Newsom’s office dismisses report saying California not on pace to meet 2030 emissions mandate
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office is dismissing a new report saying the Golden State will fail to meet its climate change mandates unless it nearly triples its rate of reduction of greenhouse gases through 2030. The analysis by Beacon Economics, an L.A.-based economic research firm, found that California’s emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and other Read More
Trump trials: Here’s where each case against former president and presumptive GOP nominee stands
Former President Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican nominee for president, will likely spend days in court defending himself against charges in multiple jurisdictions while also crisscrossing the country on the campaign trail until Election Day. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges in all cases. Many trials have been delayed or put on pause. Read More
Massive Chinese firm sues small Michigan town over opposition to controversial EV battery project
The subsidiary of a billion-dollar Chinese energy firm is suing a tiny Michigan town over local officials’ opposition to the company’s massive electric vehicle (EV) battery project. Gotion Inc. – whose parent company, Gotion High-Tech is based in Hefei, China, and has documented ties to the Chinese Communist Party – filed a breach-of-contract complaint against Read More
Decoding Trump: How he engaged, deflected or ducked my questions at Mar-a-Lago
I came armed with a fistful of blue cards, and still didn’t get to half the questions, but Donald Trump made a whole lot of news in our Mar-a-Lago interview. What’s revealing is how he chose to answer the most sensitive questions, or to deflect them, and how various media outlets chose to frame them. Read More
Delhi emerges as world’s most polluted capital city for 4th consecutive year, India ranks at…
Delhi’s PM2.5 levels worsened from 89.1 micrograms per cubic metre in 2022 to 92.7 micrograms per cubic metre in 2023.The national capital was ranked the most polluted capital city in the world four times on the trot starting 2018.
Legal experts weigh in on Trump’s options after failure to secure $464M appeal bond: ‘uncharted territory’
Legal experts are weighing in on Donald Trump’s options after attorneys for the former president said he has not been able to secure a $464 million appeal bond he needs following a New York civil fraud judgment against him. Trump’s lawyers wrote in a Monday court filing that obtaining the nearly half-a-billion appeal was a Read More